My first talk! Given at the STANYS 2011 Physics Breakfast on November 8th, 2011 in Rochester, New York Links to resources mentioned in the talk: Feynman’s blackboard at his death Hake’s “Interactive-engagement versus traditional methods: A six-thousand-student survey of mechanics test data for introductory physics courses“ Bowling Ball & ...

Exhibit A: Exhibit B: Download the high-quality video clips for each collision. Discuss. Tagged: demonstration, Khan Academy, physics, teaching, technology, video

Today’s post comes from Daryl Taylor, a high school physics and astronomy teacher in Connecticut. It was originally posted in response to this question on the NSTA Physics Listserv: “Has anyone had students collaborate with another class in a different locality for any class projects or assignments?” I have, and love to, run collabs with various ...

You can now play Angry Birds in Google Chrome! This makes getting footage for video analysis much easier. Here you go: Download the video file for your own analysis. I used Camtasia Studio (free trial) to do the screen recording. Enjoy! Tagged: angry birds, energy, kinematics, logger pro, physics, projectile motion, resources, ...

Many people aren’t getting the nuances of my recent Khan Academy arguments. I’ll make my final remarks and then put this thread to rest. Khan Academy videos are nothing new. MIT OpenCourseWare has been around for TEN YEARS now. Walter Lewin’s awesome physics lectures have been available for most of those 10 years — despite the fact they are ...

Can you decode the following extraterrestrial message? Is it real or fake? How can you tell?   SETI.wav Listen on Posterous Tagged: inquiry, math, physics, WCYDWT

This must-watch video is from our friend Derek Muller, physics educator and science video blogger. Derek writes: It is a common view that “if only someone could break this down and explain it clearly enough, more students would understand.” Khan Academy is a great example of this approach with its clear, concise videos on science. However it ...

Today we have a guest post from Derek Muller, a physics educator who runs the science video blog Veritasium.  Derek is @veritasium on Twitter. I have made some great pseudoteaching – but it was all in the name of research, let me assure you. My interests in physics, education, and film converged in a doctoral dissertation at the University of ...

As part of a session on innovative practices in science at TeachMeet New Jersey 2011, I gave a presentation entitled “Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Increasing Engagement in Science” I have posted that presentation, complete with speaker’s notes and plenty of links to further information, here: http://bit.ly/EngageSci Any feedback you have ...

Two new posts have been added to the pseudoteaching page: Pseudoteaching FAQ by John Burk (Quantum Progress) John gives us the low down on PT. Pseudoteaching: Laboratory Experiments by Dolores Gende (Journey in Technology) Dolores takes on cook book labs and offers suggestions on how to make them more open-ended. Please add your own ...